MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71)

Performance Results


Gaming 146% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 126% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	141% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7A71
Motherboard	MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) (all builds)
Memory	14.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170203
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '17 at 02:02
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 159 2-Core 319 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 610 8-Core 887 94% 749 Pts	64-Core 889 55% 889 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 1470) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2940 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Lighting 201 Reflection 216 Parallax 195 164% 204 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 193 Splatting 137 127% 157 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 124GB free Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4037562 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 31456340488618 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2954 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1039 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 78 42954784793 (C2) HDA temperature 25 78 42954784793 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4037562 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4037562 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4037562 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 18822 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11442 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11442 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15449
Poor: 57% Great: 87%
Plextor M6e PCIe 128GB-$93 664 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 124GB free Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3318 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1437 (B1) Unknown 100 100 36659 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 784 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 114999 (F2) Unknown 100 100 125813	168% Outstanding	Read 1,440 Write 654 Mixed 752 208% 949 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 36.1 165% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 512 DQ Write 433 DQ Mixed 140 196% 362 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 114%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 124GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8284 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3630 (B1) Unknown 95 95 59 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 58 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 482 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2422 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16541186990
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Sandisk SD8SN8U128G1122 128GB 823 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4120000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 483 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 146 (A5) Unknown 100 100 9699453 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 31 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 139 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 26 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 55 236224512044 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 150324772899 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 210 (EA) Unknown 100 100 533 (F1) Unknown 253 253 458 (F2) Unknown 253 253 559 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	83.6% Excellent	Read 503 Write 273 Mixed 265 76% 347 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 65.4 4K Mixed 27.9 112% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 52.1 103% 211 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 131732856 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3850 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 57 137525523166 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12703 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3125 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65538 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 70 61 505217054 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1173 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 50 50 101554 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 38654705694 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 101361228194564 (F1) Unknown 100 253 83208273372 (F2) Unknown 100 253 85553191512	75.7% Very good	Read 149 Write 115 Mixed 148 104% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.36 91% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 04CB DDR4 2666 2OZ 04CB 04CB DDR4 2666 2OZ 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2300, 2300, 2300, 2300 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	81% Excellent	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 24.9 80% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 33.6 SC Mixed 26.5 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 84%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270-A PRO (MS-7A71) - $114

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2,815x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,200x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	517x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	958x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	863x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	813x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	208x
Green 240GB (2016)WDBench 53%, 20,831 samples	183x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	386x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	223x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	219x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $898

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $183	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16